#E16596#E16596

#E16596 is a light, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.162 H 357.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E16596
RGB	rgb(225, 101, 150)
HSL	hsl(336, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(336, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 33.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, 53.21, -2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 53.29, 356.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.1619 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.162 357.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2121, 27.5210, 31.9899)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E16596 #65E1B0

analogous

#E165D4 #E16596 #E17265

triadic

#E16596 #96E165 #6596E1

tetradic

#E16596 #D4E165 #65E1B0 #7265E1

square

#E16596 #D4E165 #65E1B0 #7265E1

split-complementary

#E16596 #65E172 #65D4E1

monochromatic

#AA2157 #D73273 #E16596 #EB98B9 #F5CBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#E16596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#E16596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #E16596

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E16596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E16596	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F15C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e16596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(225, 101, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.162 357.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ee95b4',
    500: '#e16596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e16596;
$custom-light: #ee95b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e16596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 225,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336.29,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67156,
    "c": 0.16206,
    "h": 357.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E16596

secondary

#BBE7D5

accent

#CF8616

background

#FFF9FB

surface

#FEF2F6

border

#D6CCD0

text

#170E11

muted

#857E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #E16596

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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